Ten Hoosiers chosen for Georgia Street memorials
The honorees include business leaders, former U.S. presidents, famous novelists, a Shawnee chief and a feminist pioneer.
etc.
Articles
Review: ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ national tour
If we must have a jukebox musical every season, let them all be this fun, professional, and tuneful.
Rolling Stone, Bacardi to host Super Bowl bash
Rolling Stone magazine and rum maker Bacardi say they plan to throw a star-studded party the night before the Super Bowl at a renovated factory called The Crane Bay two blocks west of Lucas Oil Stadium.
Cultural Trail leaders cancel plans for controversial statue
The Central Indiana Community Foundation and Indianapolis Cultural Trail Inc. have pulled the plug on a controversial sculpture depicting a freed slave.
You-review-it Monday plus Indiana Film Journalists awards
An Olsen sister for Best Actress? No love for the Spielberg holiday double header? Surprises abound in IFJA choices.
Deadline nears for relatives of 7 killed in stage collapse
Attorney General Greg Zoeller has offered at least $300,000 to families of those who died in August when rigging collapsed at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.
Hoosier Lottery paring down lavish new offices
Hoosier Lottery officials have started getting rid of some office and gym equipment that was purchased for the agency's $2 million move to a new downtown Indianapolis headquarters.
Sky Zone trampoline center bounces into Fishers
Sky Zone, a franchised all-trampoline indoor recreational complex operated by Jeff Mast, opens Monday in Fishers at Cumberland Road and East 121st Street, just south of Interstate 69.
Indiana Live asks court for $23 million tax refund
Bankrupt racetrack and casino asks for help recovering money from Indiana Department of Revenue.
LOU’S VIEWS: Yule have choices for holiday entertainment
Looking for live holiday entertainment this season? How edgy do you want it? Thoughts on No Exit’s ‘The Nutcracker,’ ISO’s ‘Yuletide Celebration,’ and ‘A Very Phoenix Xmas 6.’
HETRICK: You gotta stay bright to be the light of the world
When you take center stage, expect your blemishes to show…and be discussed.
Site aims to be city’s go-to events calendar
Two local concert promotors have launched a calendar website, called Do317.com, that ranks arts and entertainment events according to the preferences of its users and designated “tastemakers.”.
Carmel’s Center for Performing Arts trims staff
The Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel eliminated five positions this week as interim CEO Frank Basile tries to rein in costs at the financially challenged organization that oversees the Palladium.
Indianapolis’ revitalized Georgia Street is work in progress
Workers finished $12.5 million in improvements between the Indiana Convention Center and Conseco Fieldhouse in November. Now will building owners bring the entertainment spot to life?
Ticket giveaway: ISO’s “Pirates of the Caribbean” concert
The Symphony will be performing the entire score as the film plays. And you can be there.
Gen Con commits to city for five more years
The annual Gen Con convention, which had a previous commitment to Indianapolis through 2015, is extending its agreement through 2020. The latest Gen Con event drew a record 36,733 visitors.
Favorite Indy Onion headlines
The satiric newspaper is soon coming to town … but it’s been mocking Indy for years.
Zoo launches $30M campaign to build orangutan center
Construction on the International Orangutan Center would start in August, with the opening set for Memorial Day weekend in 2014.
‘Dragon Tattoo’: Is it better that I didn’t read the book?
Does reading a book first make you more or less likely to appreciate a film adaptation?
Townsend artifact collection brings $1.2 million
Native American artifacts collected by the late Earl Townsend fetched $1.2 million at auction, making it the most successful sale to date for Indianapolis-based auction house Antique Helper Inc.